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System Properties Comparison GridDB vs. MarkLogic vs. mSQL vs. RRDtool vs. Splunk

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NameGridDB  Xexclude from comparisonMarkLogic  Xexclude from comparisonmSQL infoMini SQL  Xexclude from comparisonRRDtool  Xexclude from comparisonSplunk  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionScalable in-memory time series database optimized for IoT and Big DataOperational and transactional Enterprise NoSQL databasemSQL (Mini SQL) is a simple and lightweight RDBMSIndustry standard data logging and graphing tool for time series data. RRD is an acronym for round-robin database. infoThe data is stored in a circular buffer, thus the system storage footprint remains constant over time.Analytics Platform for Big Data
Primary database modelTime Series DBMSDocument store
Native XML DBMS
RDF store infoas of version 7
Search engine
Relational DBMSTime Series DBMSSearch engine
Secondary database modelsKey-value store
Relational DBMS
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Score2.09
Rank#120  Overall
#10  Time Series DBMS
Score5.18
Rank#63  Overall
#11  Document stores
#1  Native XML DBMS
#1  RDF stores
#7  Search engines
Score1.27
Rank#169  Overall
#76  Relational DBMS
Score1.90
Rank#132  Overall
#11  Time Series DBMS
Score89.10
Rank#14  Overall
#2  Search engines
Websitegriddb.netwww.progress.com/­marklogichughestech.com.au/­products/­msqloss.oetiker.ch/­rrdtoolwww.splunk.com
Technical documentationdocs.griddb.netwww.progress.com/­marklogic/­documentationoss.oetiker.ch/­rrdtool/­docdocs.splunk.com/­Documentation/­Splunk
DeveloperToshiba CorporationMarkLogic Corp.Hughes TechnologiesTobias OetikerSplunk Inc.
Initial release20132001199419992003
Current release5.1, August 202211.0, December 20224.4, October 20211.8.0, 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoAGPL version 3 and Apache License, version 2.0 , commercial license (standard and advanced editions) also availablecommercial inforestricted free version is availablecommercial infofree licenses can be providedOpen Source infoGPL V2 and FLOSScommercial infoLimited free edition and free developer edition available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++C++CC infoImplementations in Java (e.g. RRD4J) and C# available
Server operating systemsLinuxLinux
OS X
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris SPARC/x86
Windows
HP-UX
Linux
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-free infoSchema can be enforcedyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyes infonumerical, string, blob, geometry, boolean, timestampyesyesNumeric data onlyyes
XML support infoSome form of processing data in XML format, e.g. support for XML data structures, and/or support for XPath, XQuery or XSLT.noyesnono infoExporting into and restoring from XML files possibleyes
Secondary indexesyesyesyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL92, SQL-like TQL (Toshiba Query Language)yes infoSQL92A subset of ANSI SQL is implemented infono subqueries, aggregate functions, views, foreign keys, triggersnono infoSplunk Search Processing Language for search commands
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Java API
Node.js Client API
ODBC
proprietary Optic API infoProprietary Query API, introduced with version 9
RESTful HTTP API
SPARQL
WebDAV
XDBC
XQuery
XSLT
JDBC
ODBC
in-process shared library
Pipes
HTTP REST
Supported programming languagesC
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
C
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
C
C++
Delphi
Java
Perl
PHP
Tcl
C infowith librrd library
C# infowith a different implementation of RRDTool
Java infowith a different implementation of RRDTool
JavaScript (Node.js) infowith a different implementation of RRDTool
Lua
Perl
PHP infowith a wrapper library
Python
Ruby
C#
Java
JavaScript
PHP
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyes infovia XQuery or JavaScriptnonoyes
Triggersyesyesnonoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingnonenoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationyesnonenoneMulti-source replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsConnector for using GridDB as an input source and output destination for Hadoop MapReduce jobsyes infovia Hadoop Connector, HDFS Direct Access and in-database MapReduce jobsnonoyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate consistency within container, eventual consistency across containersImmediate ConsistencynonenoneEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACID at container levelACID infocan act as a resource manager in an XA/JTA transactionnonono infoA 'Transaction' in Splunk has a different meaning: grouping related events into a single one for later searching
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesnoyes infoby using the rrdcached daemonyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes, with Range Indexesnoyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users can be defined per databaseRole-based access control at the document and subdocument levelsnonoAccess rights for users and roles
More information provided by the system vendor
GridDBMarkLogicmSQL infoMini SQLRRDtoolSplunk
Specific characteristicsGridDB is a highly scalable, in-memory time series database optimized for IoT and...
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Competitive advantages1. Optimized for IoT Equipped with Toshiba's proprietary key-container data model...
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Typical application scenariosFactory IoT, Automative Industry, Energy, BEMS, Smart Community, Monitoring system.
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Key customersDenso International [see use case ] An Electric Power company [see use case ] Ishinomaki...
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Market metricsGitHub trending repository
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Licensing and pricing modelsOpen Source license (AGPL v3 & Apache v2) Commercial license (subscription)
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